During MS4, you find yourself struggling. Maybe physically. But mostly mentally. Between Step 2, and sub-internships, and interviews…4th-year is really hard. So what do I recommend? The same advice I was told when I interviewed during my medical school interviews: Whatever you do for fun–double it. Running, cooking, reading. Double it. Find an extra route. […]
How to Succeed On Your Clinical Rotations
As you may know, third and fourth-year are spent at various hospitals and clinics where students rotate with specialties such as general surgery, family medicine, or psychology to learn about various specialties. It can be an amazing learning opportunity but one of the most common questions my classmates and I had first and second-year was, […]
Working in the SICU
One of the great parts of 4th-year is that you have more autonomy in your schedule. You choose your electives and sub-Is, you find away rotations that you potentially want to go to. So since I’ve finished my sub-internship, I decided to do a 2-week rotation in the surgical intensive care unit, aka the SICU. […]
